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Quote DB :: Authors :: George Washington :: View Quote View Quote "There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." - Copy to Clipboard   --  George Washington Listed in: Truth & Lies Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 3.5  Rate Quote 4 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from George Washington "Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness." "Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company." "The Nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest." "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." Top 5 quotes from Truth & Lies "One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground." "Truth sits upon the lips of dying men." "Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other." "There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve." "All malice has injustice at it's end, an end achieved by violence or by fraud; while both are sins that earn the hate of heaven, since fraud belongs exclusively to man, God hates it more and, therefore, far below, the fraudulent are placed and suffer most."

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